## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 6 Apr 22 Period start date To 5 Apr 23 Period end date**
## **Charity name: St Peter’s Life-Line**
## **Charity registration number: 1136150**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|“To promote education, and to prevent and
relieve poverty in Kenya.”|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We are a small grass-roots charity working
in an impoverished, marginalised, semi-
arid area of Kenya (County of Tharaka
Nithi), based in the parish of St Peter’s,
Kajuki, supporting a struggling community
with a wide range of projects. These range
from child education, capital projects for
schools, feeding programmes for primary
school children, micro finance scheme for
the disabled, caring for disabled children,
provision of water and irrigation, the
eradication of the foul scourge of FGM, the
provision of free sanitary pads, and cricket
farming to provide high protein food.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|It is confirmed that the Trustees have taken
regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Our policy on grant making is in principle to
give priority to our core projects –
education and care for the disabled – and
for other priorities on other projects to be
decided by our Kenyan Community Board,
with the available funding.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|The only investments we make are:
-
time, effort and commitment of all
concerned, whether it be our
supporters, or the people of the St
Peter’s community|
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much prayer.
both of which help to fulfil those needs of
the community.
We tend not to be too rigid in setting hard
objectives – we have aspirations, and are
made aware of major or minor
requirements or situations – and if we feel
called – we attempt to meet and sustain
them. All these as described in the Report,
and as in previous years, have been
achieved by the grace of God, who has
always met our needs (not necessarily our
wants!).
We work and consult with local community
authorities, individuals and organisations.
This empowers ‘local ownership’, and our
donors’ ‘spending intentions’ are validated
by us during our regular visits by seeing the
results ‘on the ground’, as well as
examining the relevant accounts during our
visits.
We very much value our 7-person local
Community Board who give of their time
and experience – as respected community
leaders – to meeting with probity and
integrity, the needs of their community.|
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|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|In UK we are an ‘all volunteer’ organisation
and are deeply grateful for their unstinting
and selfless efforts.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|By God’s grace, the unstinting generosity
of our donors, and the wholehearted and
committed efforts of the community leaders
and project participants, great strides
continue to be made on all fronts.We see
the tangible outcomes of our projects –
overall lifting poverty, relieving hunger,
empowering women, improving quality of
life for the disabled, widening horizons
through education.|
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|With the immediate effects of Covid now
receding we were able to engage our
projects at ‘full strength’ again and regain
traction.
Funding and fund raising, as ever, remain a
challenge in this ‘cost of living crisis’. We
are indebted to two particular donors who
gave substantial donations, enabling all the
‘wheels to keep turning’.
**Schools:**The two parish schools that we
directly support are finding it challenging to
maintain and attract new pupils, as being
private schools, the fees are unafordable to
many parents who desire a quality
education for their children. The schools
continue to maintain their high academic
performance ratings, being well at the top
of regional league tables.
Our programme to**eliminate FGM**
continues in full, with every encouargiung
sign that the balance is now tipping our way
to eliminate this foul scourge within this
generation – the community at large are
beginning to ‘get it’. The most encouraging
signs were the attendance of 432 girls at
our weekly residential Alternative Rite of
Passage (ARP) programme in December,
where we normally budget for, and expect,
200 girls. The other very significant
breakthrough was one of the very secretive
circumciser women attending our seminar
and publicly declaring her opposition to
FGM, and as visible intent – bringing two of
her granddaughters along to attend the
ARP.|
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On the back of our very successful micro finance schem for women – now fully sustainable – we have instituted a **micro finance scheme for the disabled community** , to include widows and other isolated and vulnerable people. The interest and uptake has been considerable, and we expect this project to deliver the success of our first scheme – but with the added bonus of the disabled community proving their individual worth, raising their self-esteem and improving their living standards and expectations. Our **primary schools feeding programme** has been maintained with some 1,800 children receiving a hot, daily lunch at 9 schools. The benefits of consistent and maximum daily attendance rates at the schools continue to be felt, ensuring that the children receive a continual and progressing education, as well as maintaining/raising individual and overall schools’ academic results as measured by National Exam results. The **free Clinic for disabled children** maintains its full programme of regularly treating the children of over 120 families, providing beneficial therapy, as well as that social dynamic of these families meeting regularly to offer support and exchange experiences and advice. We continue to work amongst the wider community to remove the stigma of these children of being ‘cursed’ and encouraging full inclusion. But above all we show these children and their families that they are LOVED. Our custom-designed **Respite House** caring 24/7 for the two brothers with muscular dystrophy and the two young boys with mobility challenges, continues to operate with their dedicated carers. We sponsor 12 children at **3 specialist schools for the disabled** , offering these children who would otherwise never have this opportunity – that precious gift of a mainstream education. Our **sanitary pad factory** started production with four workers manufacturing sufficient for a monthly distribution of over 1,500 packets to girls at local primary and secondary schools. **Three UK families and their children** visited and stayed at St Peter’s, seeing all
|||our projects in action, learning about and
engaging with children and the local
community. Having been inspired by what
they experienced, these families and their
youngsters have become enthusiastic and
effective fundraisers.
During a period of severe food shortage
and rocketing prices we instiutiuted a
widespread programme to**distribute food**
**to the elderly and didsabled.**
We are so proud of Marcella, whom we
took from primary school right at the start of
the charity, and**has now graduated**with a
BA Ed from Nairobi University. She now
has a very good job wwith an educational
book publisher.
We continue to visit Polycom the charity
protecting girls and young women in the
**Nairobi slums of Kibera**, particularly in the
context of sanitary pad manufacture, but
also generally in matters of urban poverty,
and what we can learn from them.
Our learning experience of**cricket farming**
proceeds satisfactorily, and we have now
funded and built our mill to soon start
milling crickets for the production of a
protein rich foodstuff.
We continue to sponsor education at all
levels for orphan and impoverished
children, with 54 in our primary schools’
**Transforming Lives programme**, 24 in
**secondary &** **tertiary education**and 5 in
**university.**
Despite the continuing very challenging
fundraising environment, we have
**successfully achieved all our objectives**,
and will continue not only to so do, but
expand our reach in those existing or new
areas that need our attention.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**UK Achievements – Fundraising:**
As ever, we are very grateful indeed for the
**committed group of donors**who make
regular monthly payments (c£24,000 pa)
and form the basis of our budget planning
to meet core projects such as school fees,
and allowing us to plan or develop other
projects.
We are also very grateful for other
**individuals, corporate, church and**
**school communities**, with whom we work,|
|||and who donated sums over £1,000 giving
us a total of £71,326.
With these and other minor individual
donations we raised**£156,873**this financial
year.
We continue to**apply to major grant-**
**giving organisations**for funding, although
we do lack expertise and resources to
research and apply with only limited
success in today’s very competitive funding
environment.
Our**schools’ twinning programme**with
two Somerset primary schools, with visits
and illustrated talks to the schools and the
exchange of posters and letters, and some
welcome fundraising by the school pupils
continues. Engendering ‘Children caring for
children’.
A huge debt of gratitude to those
individuals, children and groups who go to
extraordinary lengths in devising and
executing a wide range of**fundraising**
**events**from cake sales to sponsored walks
to auctions and virtual balloon races!
Massive gratitude to the members of our
extensive and committed**Prayer Support**
**Chain**, who offer their support and prayers
on a regular basis, and without whom we
could not function_._|
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|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|We achieved all our charitable objectives
with financial deployment as follows:
Education fees – £38,350
FGM campaign – £10,190
Salaries – £15,139
Disabled Action Plan – £28,060
Sanitary pads project – £2,807
Crickets project – £4,564
Schools’ feeding prog – £30,286
Feeding elderly/disabled – £17,200
Bridging loan repay – 8,000
Oct visit payments – 8,570
Feb trip payments – 1,345
Misc – 1,255
Bank & JustGiving charges – 1,302
**Expenses – £0**
**Overheads – £0**
**Total expenditure – £167,068**|
|Other||We also receive a lot of work in kind (pro
bono) from many generous people who
have the know-how and are prepared to
give their time, expertise and enthusiam.|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The opening balance in our current account
was £19,195.
Our Income was £156,873 giving us a
credit total of ££176,068 at the start of the
year.
Our Expenditure was £167,068, leaving a
credit balance of £9,000 carried forward to
the next FY.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We aim to maintain a minimum balance of
£2,000 in our current account in UK, to
cope with any unforeseen situations in
Kenya–usuallymedicalemergencies.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2,000|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A
We will not seek an overdraft, or incur any
debts.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|See principal risks, below.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|See para above on Fundraising activities.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Our only investment is in prayer, and in our
people, both in UK and in Kenya.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Principal risks:
- a destabilisation of national or local
government, causing lack of access to
Kenya or the area
- a drought period so severe as to
outstrip our resources to meet it
- although low where we work, the risk
of terrorism in Kenya, and subsequent
imposed travel restrictions.
- Any future pandemic restrictions which
could (and have previously) deny access to
Kenya or the area.
If these risks materialise there is little that
we as a small charity can do to actively
ameliorate or manage them.|
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|---|---|---|
|Other||We are not an ‘arm’s length’ charity, we
work directly with, and know personally, the
Principals involved in running the schools
and community, as well as local
government and church officials, parents,
school staff and most importantly, the
children and other project participants.
We are a Christian based, all-volunteer
organisation. However, whatever faith, or
lack of it, is not an issue or a barrier for our
work in UK or Kenya.
None of us take fees, claim any expenses
for governance, nor do we levy any
expenses or overheads against the
charity’s income for any administration or
running costs (unavoidable bank charges
excepted).
So, all donations go to our projects.|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Trust Deed|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Trust|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|As proposed by the two Co-founders, and
unanimously endorsed by the remaining
Trustees.
In keeping with our**pro bono**policy of not
levying any charges for governance or any
other overheads (unavoidable bank
charges excepted), our Trustees give freely
of their time, for which we are very grateful.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Any new Trustee will normally be familiar
with all aspects of our work. We will ensure
induction with Charity Commission
requirements.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We have informal links and contacts with
other aid organisations working in UK and
Kenya, particularly on FGM, feeding,
disability, period poverty and cricket
farming whereby we exchange information
and experiences, and seek contextual
advice when necessary.|
|||No formal or any affiliation with any other|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|organisation.|
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|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|StPeter’sLife-Line|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1136150|
|Charity’s principal address|4 Admiral’s Mead, Butleigh, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8UE
England.|
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**year **|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|(in the original)|(in the original)|
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||David Baldwin MBE|Susannah Curtis|
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Chair|Secretary|
||17 Nov 23||
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**Charity Name No (if any) St Peter's Life-Line 1136150 Receipts and payments accounts**
## **CC16a**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 6-Apr-22 5-Apr-23
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Major donors < £1,000
**73,696**
Minor & monthlydonors
**38,185**
HMRC Gift Aid
**14,045**
JustGiving
**28,552**
PayPal
**2,395**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**156,873**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 156,873**
**A3 Payments**
Schools/uni fees
**38,350**
FGM/ARP
**10,190**
Disabled Action Plan
**28,060**
Salaries
**15,139**
Sanitary pads
**2,807**
Cricketsproject
**4,564**
Feeding programmes
**47,486**
Miscellaneous
**1,255**
Self bridgingloan repayment
**8,000**
Kenya transport
Sewingmachine
Capital works
Kenya visit repayments
**9,915**
Bank & JustGiving charges
**1,302**
**167,068**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 167,068**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 10,195**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**19,195**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 9,000**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**73,696**
**38,185**
**14,045**
**28,552**
**2,395**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**156,873**|**62,940**|
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**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||
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||**-**|**-**|**156,873**|**111,112**|
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**38,350**
**10,190**
**28,060**
**15,139**
**2,807**
**4,564**
**47,486**
**1,255**
**8,000**
**9,915**
**1,302**||
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||**-**|**-**|**167,068**|**111,797**|
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**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 10,195**
**-**
**19,195**
**9,000**|**- 685**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**9,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,000**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
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**Endowment**
**funds**|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/ members of**
Charity Name
St Peter’s Life-Line
**On accounts for the year ended**
5 Apr 23
## **Charity no (if any)**
1136150
## **Set out on pages**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 05/04/2023.
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
(in the original) 13 Nov 23
**Signed: Date:**
**Name:**
JA GOOLDEN
**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
MATT
**Address:**
6 Admiral’s Mead, Butleigh
Glastonbury
Somerset BA6 8UE
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**